Grassroots Womxn Rising

Grassroots Womxn Rising is the first statewide convening bringing together attendees from The California Endowment Girls and Womxn regional assemblies. Grassroots Womxn Rising is an idea embraced by hundreds of women and girls who see the need for connecting with other women across the state.

The statewide convening will be an opportunity to:

Develop a common agenda for social change

Heal and engage in self-care

Network and build relationships

Develop leadership skills

Grassroots Womxn Rising is being guided by an Advisory Committee comprised of girls and women from The California Endowment's Building Healthy Communities sites.

In 2017, six Regional Assemblies brought together 250 girls and women from 53 organizations from The California Endowment's Building Healthy Communities. Focus groups at the Sisterhood Rising Leadership Retreat (a camp experience for girls between the ages of 15 to 20) and interviews with over 30 key informants noted the lack of opportunity for women across the state to come together to develop leadership skills, network, and find ways to build power.

Read a summary of the findings and recommendations from the Assemblies, focus groups, and stakeholder interviews: [English] [Spanish]

Following the regional assemblies, in May 2018 The California Endowment partnered with the United States of Women (USOW) and invited women and girls from the Building Healthy Communities (BHC) sites to join 6,000 women at a sold-out event at Shrine Auditorium. The event was followed by a networking dinner with key funders and BHC women and girls. The following day, over 50 women and girls from BHC participated in a half-day convening to build relationships, learn how storytelling can impact policy changes, and discuss the next steps, including the upcoming Grassroots Womxn Rising statewide convening in Fresno.

DATE

Saturday, March 16 to Sunday, March 17, 2019(see agenda below for times)

Due to the limited space available, we might not be able to accept everyone who applies. You will receive an email from us within one week of your submission letting you know the status of your application.

You must meet one of the following criteria to be eligible to attend the convening:

Participated in one of the Regional Assemblies in 2017

Affiliated with an organization from TCE Building Healthy Communities Del Norte, Salinas, or Kern sites

Invited to participate by The Women’s Foundation of California

If your organization participated in the 2017 regional assemblies but have experienced staff or membership transitions that prevent previous assembly participants from attending the statewide convening and would like to send other people, please contact Ellen Wu at ellen@urbanhabitat.org.

Coachella and City Heights:If you are from TCE Building Healthy Communities sites in City Heights or Coachella, please contact Rosa Olascoaga at rolas@midcitycan.org for City Heights and Marisa Aceves at marisa@alianzacv.org for Coachella, for application details.

We have arranged for charter bus transportation from several of TCE’s Building Healthy Communities. For other locations, we will reimburse your travel expenses. We will provide hotel rooms on Friday and Saturday nights for participants traveling from out of town.